FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Brief Scorecard: India 199 for 2 (Kishan 89, Shreyas 57*, Shanaka 1-19) beat Sri Lanka 137 for 6 (Asalanka 53*, Bhuvneshwar 2-9, V Iyer 2-36) by 62 runs
Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer blitzed a depleted Sri Lanka attack with half-centuries as India eased to a 1-0 lead. After flickering briefly in the T20I series against West Indies,...
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
NEW DELHI: Several employees at Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail (FRL) stores, including Big Bazaar, have started receiving offer letters from Reliance Retail, asking them to join the subsidiary of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate.
The move, which comes amidst a lengthy legal battle with Amazon, is seen as a “hostile takeover” bid by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries that is keen...
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
From the windows of India’s new embassy in Budapest, the paint on its walls still not dry, the young chargé d’affaires Mohamed Ataur Rahman watched a tiny nation rising up against an empire. Tens of thousands of protestors gathered as the intellectual Péter Veres read out a manifesto demanding independence from foreign powers, and democracy. A statue...
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet in Beijing on February 4, 2022. - ALEXEI DRUZHININ/AFP/Sputnik/Getty Images
As Russian missiles flew through the Ukrainian sky Thursday and world leaders decried an invasion spreading across the country, China refused to condemn Russia's move outright, while appearing to levy blame on the United States and its...
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
The United States government has been accusing China and some other countries of sponsoring cyber-espionage for years. But now, a Chinese cybersecurity firm accused America’s National Security Agency (NSA) of being behind a hacking tool that targeted several countries and institutions including India’s Banaras Hindu University, India Education Network, as well as Indian Academy of Sciences.
This report,...
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Russian President Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony in Moscow. - Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen.”
He said the attack was needed to protect civilians in...
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Ukraine crisis: Russia said India is playing the “vital role of a responsible global power”, and has adopted an “independent and balanced approach to global affairs”. (Reuters File Photo)
NEW DELHI: Russia welcomes India’s “independent and balanced” approach to global affairs, including the situation in Ukraine, and the fallout of the crisis won’t impact bilateral cooperation in areas such as...
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad. - Reuters/SAIYNA BASHIR
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan left for Moscow on Wednesday to push for the construction of a long-delayed, multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline to be built in collaboration with Russian companies, an official said.
Khan's trip to meet President Vladimir Putin...
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Area law enforcement is preparing for three trucker convoys headed to the DC region -- the earliest one expected Wednesday. 7News has team coverage on what to expect.
A group from Scranton, Pa is expected to come into town Wednesday afternoon. Their goal: create gridlock on an already bumper-to-bumper Beltway.
As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, Bob Bolus said his...
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Rep. Liz Cheney speaks as the US congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack at the Capitol. - Getty Images
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Tuesday night that Donald Trump was working against American interests after the former president offered praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin during a Tuesday interview on "The Clay Travis and Buck...
